Improved lubricating-cushion for railway-car journals



P. s, DEVLAN.

Lubricating Cushion for Railway Car Journals. v No. 91,000. Patented June 8 1869.

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P. S.DEVLAN, OFJERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND W. H JEWELL, OF NEW YORK CITY.

Letters Patent No. 91,000, dated June 8, 1869.

IMPROVED. LUBRIddTING-CUSHION I'OR RAILWAY-CAR JOURNALS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, P. S. DEVLAN, of Jersey City, Hudson county, New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Lubricating-Cushion for Oar-Journals; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art' to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents the outer end of a journal and journal-box, to which my improvement has been attached, the cap or end plate being removed.

Figure 2 is a side view of one of the lubricatingcushions, part of the covering being broken away to show the construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved lubricating-cushion for car-journals, which shall be simple in construction, easily put in and taken out of the journal-box, which may be washed when necessary, without injury, and returned to the jourrial-box, and which will absorb the oil and convey it which the meshes are of suflicient fineness to confine the sponge. 1

These pouches, bags, or covers are secured to each other at :their edges, or may be formed'of a single piece, so that when inserted in the journal-box beneath the journal, they may form a groove or recess to receive the said journal, as shown in figs. 1 and 2 or, if desired, the elastic sponge may be placed loosely in the journal-box. I prefer the former method, as it requires less sponge, and is very much more conveniently put into and taken out of the journal-box.

If desired, the sponge may be mixed with cotton, wool, or other suitable fibrous material, by packing the bags or coners with a thin layer of elastic sponge, then a thin layer of cotton, wool, or other fibrous material, then another layer of sponge, and so on until the said pouches or bags are filled.

These lubricating-cushions can be conveniently taken out when required, and may be washed when neces- I The above specification signed by me, this 10th day of March, 1869.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLOCKLEY, JAMES T. GRAHAM,

P. s. DEVLAN. 

